Fort Polk

Summary

Fort Polk is a fort^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fort Polk is located in Leesville^[3].
• Fort Polk is in the country of United States^[4].
• Fort Polk's image is recorded as HQJRTCandJRTCOpsGrpSSI.jpg^[5].
• Fort Polk's instance of is recorded as fort^[6].
• Fort Polk's instance of is recorded as military base^[7].
• Henry Johnson is named after Fort Polk^[8].
• James H. Polk is named after Fort Polk^[9].
• Fort Polk's postal code is recorded as 71459^[10].
• Fort Polk's Commons category is recorded as Fort Polk^[11].
• Fort Polk's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone^[12].
• Fort Polk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.0726, 'lon': -93.0806}^[13].
• Fort Polk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07rbzn^[14].
• Fort Polk's official website is recorded as https://home.army.mil/johnson/^[15].
• Fort Polk's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10040690^[16].
• Fort Polk's described by source is recorded as FortWiki^[17].
• Fort Polk's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7267735^[18].
• Fort Polk's different from is recorded as Fort Johnson^[19].
• Fort Polk's different from is recorded as Fort Johnson^[20].
• Fort Polk's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+76'}^[21].
• Fort Polk's territory overlaps is recorded as Fort Polk South urban area^[22].
• Fort Polk's Quora topic ID is recorded as Fort-Polk-LA^[23].
• Fort Polk's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 27660^[24].
• Fort Polk's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/6c87dd3e-83bb-4608-9f02-58e03554a0e2^[25].

Body

Geography

Fort Polk is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Leesville^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Polk's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+76'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include fort^[6] and military base^[7].

History and Context

Things named after include Henry Johnson^[8], a soldier^[26], 1892–1929^[27], of United States^[28], awarded the Purple Heart^[29] and James H. Polk^[9], a military personnel^[30], 1911–1992^[31], of United States^[32], awarded the Bronze Star Medal^[33].

Why It Matters

Fort Polk ranks in the top 2% of fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]